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JAMES W. FISHER, OF PALOUSE, \VASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOFRANKLIN O. MOLAM, OF SAME PLACE.

WATER-SUPPLY SYSTEM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,043, dated May 31,1892.

Application filed September 2, 1891. Serial No. 404,522. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES W. FISHER, of Palouse, in the county ofWhitman and State of Vashingtomhaveinvented a new and Improvedater-Supply System, of which the following is afull, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to improvements in water-supply systems in whichthe water is drawn from the fountain-head and supplied to a reservoirthrough a siphon-pipe; and the object of my invention is to provide aconvenient means of closing either or both ends of the siphon-pipe andof filling the pipe.

To this end my invention consists in certain features of constructionand combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a broken elevation, partly in section, of the entire system.Fig. 2 is an e11- larged detail view, partly in section, of themechanism for closing the upper end of the siphon-pipe. tional view ofthe branch'pipe and cap which provide for the filling of thesiphon'pipe, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view of themechanism for closing the lower end of the siphon-pipe.

The main supply or siphon pipe leads from a fountain-head 11 to areservoir 12, which reservoir is preferably arranged so that when fullthe water therein will be about level with the water in thefountain-head,and this reservoir is provided with-the usual overflow anddrain pipes 12 and 12'. The end of the siphon-pipe which enters thefountain-head is bent slightly, as shown at 13, and this end portion isclamped by a bracket 14,which projects somewhat from the side of thepipe, and a swinging cap 15 is pivoted in the bracket and is adapted toclose over the bent end of the pipe. This cap is provided with asuitable packing 16, which is preferably of rubher and which has areduced central portion 17, adapted to enter the bent end of the pipe 10and make a water-tight joint. The cap 15 is swung by means of a crank18, connected therewith, and the free end of this crank is Fig. 3 is abroken detail secpivoted to a rod 19, which extends upward above thefountain-head 11 and connects with a horizontal lever 20, pivoted in anupright 21 and extending through a post 22, which is split at its upperend so as to receive the lever, and the post carries an adjustable wedge23, having a slot 25 therein to receive a pin to hold it in place. Thiswedge when placed above the lever holds the lever down and the cap 15against the end of the pipe 10, and when the Wedge is placed beneath thelever it holds the cap 15 in position to open the pipe.

A U shaped frame 25 is secured to the outer wall of the reservoir 12 andpartially supports the pipe 10, and this frame has mounted in its lowerportion a screw 26, which is operated by a hand wheel 27 and extendsinward through a packing-box 28 into the reservoir, where it connectswith a threaded nut 26 in the front end of a swinging lid 29, which lidis hinged to a bracket 30 above the open end of the pipe 10, and the lidhas a seat 31 thereon adapted to close over the end of the pipe andprovided with a suitable packing-piece 31 to fit and tightly close thepipe. It will thus be seen that by turning the hand-wheel 27 the screw26 may be operated and the lid 29 pushed out or in, so as to open orclose the pipe 10.

At its highest point the pipe 10 is provided with a branch pipe 32,which opens from the top of the pipe 10 and which is closed by aremovable cap 33. When the pipe 10 is to be filled, which must be donebefore the water will run from the fountain-head to the reservoir, thelever 20 is operated so as to close the cap 15 upon the bent end 13 ofthe pipe 10, the hand-wheel 27 is turned so as to close the lower end ofthe pipe 10, the cap 33 is removed,and the pipe may then be easilyfi1led,after which the cap 33 is replaced and the ends of the pipeopened.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that either or both endsof the pipe 10 may be conveniently and securely closed and that the pipe10 may be consequently very easily filled.

Having thus fully describedmy invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent-- 1. In a watersupply system, asiphon-pipe,

a swinging cap on one end of the pipe, alever connected with the cap foropening and closing it, a pivoted cap on the other end of the pipe, anda screw connected with the cap for opening and closing it, substantiallyas described.

2. The combinationavith asiphon-pipehav-z 'ing a bent end, of a bracketsecured to the pipe adjacent to said end, a swinging cap pivoted to thebracket and adapted to close over the end, a hand-lever connectedwiththe cap, so as to operate the same, and means for looking the lever,substantially as described.

